List of United States Navy ships commemorating the Confederate States of America

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The table below is a list of United States Navy ships named after persons and places commemorating the Confederate States of America. The US Navy has named at least 26 ships after persons, who fought voluntarily with the Confederacy against the United States of America or after a victorious battle for the Confederacy. Currently two active ships exist which fell under this category – USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) – until their renaming in March 2023.

With the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 in January 2021, the Naming Commission was tasked by Congress to develop plans to "remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of Defense."[1][2] In September 2022 the Naming Commission recommended to rename the cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) and oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury (T-AGS-66), with the new names to be decided by the Secretary of the Navy.[3] In March 2023 Chancellorsville was renamed USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) and Maury was renamed USNS Marie Tharp (T-AGS-66), removing all remaining ship names which commemorated the Confederate States of America.

US Navy Ships commemorating the Confederate States of America[edit]

US Navy Ships named after persons and places of the Confederate States of America
Namesake Ships (active = bold) Commissioned / In service Decommissioned / Out of service Remarks
John Mercer Brooke (Confederate marine engineer) USS Brooke (FFG-1) (guided-missile frigate) 12 March 1966 16 September 1988
Franklin Buchanan (Confederate admiral) USS Buchanan (DD-131) (destroyer) 20 January 1919 9 September 1940
USS Buchanan (DD-484) (destroyer) 21 March 1942 28 April 1948
USS Buchanan (DDG-14) (guided-missile destroyer) 7 February 1962 1 October 1991
Battle of Chancellorsville (Confederate victory) USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) (guided-missile cruiser) 4 November 1989 active Renamed USS Robert Smalls on 1 March 2023,[4][5] to be decommissioned 2026.
George E. Dixon (Confederate submarine commander) USS Dixon (AS-37) (submarine tender) 7 August 1971 15 December 1995
Fort Fisher (Confederate fort) / Charles Frederick Fisher (Confederate officer) USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) (dock landing ship) 9 December 1972 27 February 1998 [6]
Horace Lawson Hunley (Confederate marine engineer) USS Hunley (AS-31) (submarine tender) 16 June 1962 30 September 1994
Duncan Ingraham (Confederate naval officer) USS Ingraham (DD-111) (destroyer) 15 May 1919 29 June 1922
USS Ingraham (DD-444) (destroyer) 19 July 1941 22 August 1942 Sunk
USS Ingraham (DD-694) (destroyer) 10 March 1944 15 June 1971
USS Ingraham (FFG-61) (guided-missile frigate) 5 August 1989 30 January 2015
William Francis Lynch (Confederate naval officer) USNS Lynch (T-AGOR-7) (oceanographic research ship) 1965 23 December 1994
Matthew Fontaine Maury (Confederate naval officer and oceanographer) USS Commodore Maury (SP-656) (auxiliary ship) April 1917 26 October 1918 Former civilian name retained.
USS Maury (DD-100) (destroyer) 23 September 1918 19 March 1930
USS Maury (DD-401) (destroyer) 5 August 1938 19 October 1945
USS Maury (AGS-16) (survey ship) 12 July 1946 19 December 1969
USNS Maury (T-AGS-39) (survey ship) 31 March 1989 September 1994
USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) (survey ship) February 2016 active Renamed USNS Marie Tharp on 8 March 2023.[7]
Richard Lucian Page (Confederate naval officer) USS Richard L. Page (FFG-5) (guided-missile frigate) 5 August 1967 30 September 1988
Robert E. Lee (Confederate general) USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) (ballistic missile submarine) 15 September 1960 1 December 1983
Raphael Semmes (Confederate naval officer) USS Semmes (DD-189) (destroyer) 21 February 1920 2 June 1946
USS Semmes (DDG-18) (guided-missile destroyer) 30 November 1962 14 April 1991
Stonewall Jackson (Confederate general) USS Stonewall (1863) (tender, blockade runner) February 1863 May 1865 Captured, former confederate name retained.[8]
USS Stonewall (IX-185) (tanker) 18 September 1944 17 January 1946 [9]
USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) (ballistic missile submarine) 28 August 1964 9 February 1995
Josiah Tattnall III (Confederate naval officer) USS Tattnall (DD-125) (destroyer) 26 June 1919 17 December 1945
USS Tattnall (DDG-19) (guided-missile destroyer) 13 April 1963 18 January 1991
James Iredell Waddell (Confederate naval officer) USS Waddell (DDG-24) (guided-missile destroyer) 28 August 1964 1 October 1992

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "H.R.6395 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021". United States Congress. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ^ Kheel, Rebecca (January 8, 2021). "Pentagon appoints commissioners to scrub Confederate base names". The Hill.
  3. ^ "UPDATED: Commission Recommends Renaming Two Navy Ships with Confederate Ties". USNI News. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ^ "SECNAV Renames Ticonderoga-class Guided Missile Cruiser USS Chancellorsville after Robert Smalls". US Navy. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ "USS Robert Smalls (CG-62)". nvr.navy.mil. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  6. ^ "USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40) Decommissioning Pamphlet - Ship's History". united-states-navy.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  7. ^ "SECNAV Renames Pathfinder-class Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS Maury after Marie Tharp". US Navy. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Stonewall". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
  9. ^ "Stonewall II (IX-185)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.

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